| RefNo | MS/965/3/5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from Egon Orowan, 63 Cedar Road, Belmont, [Massachusetts], to Professor [Edward Neville da Costa] Andrade |
| Date | 31 August 1952 |
| Description | He is aware of and outraged by the way Andrade was treated at the Royal Institution. Adds 'obviously the R. I. was one of those numerous institutions that had no workable organisatorical[sic] basis. I have met many of these, and I could never understand the pride that "we can manage it nevertheless". This "managing" usually meant that the people concerned spent most of their time seeing that they did not tread on anybodys[sic] toes, and they stopped treading altogether when there were too many toes in the way. This was too high a price to pay for not treading on toes'.
Hoped to be in England in the summer and to arrange a meeting but ended up being so busy he missed the Applied Mechanics Congress in Istanbul. Discusses attempts to install a successor to MacGregor, as head of one the Divisions in the Mechanical Engineering Department, which resulted in him having to take over a few months later. Notifies that he will start a new course for mechanical engineers specializing in materials, including all types of non-metallic ones. Hopes to be able to present Andrade with a sketch of the programme for experimental work but hopes to discuss it in person instead. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Typescript |
| PhysicalDescription | Carbon |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2088 | Orowan; Egon (1902 - 1989) | 1902 - 1989 |
| NA8102 | Andrade; Edward Neville da Costa (1887 - 1971); physicist | 1887 - 1971 |